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Ministry of Women and Child Development
Welfare of Anganwadi and Asha Workers
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package  Insurance Scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting COVID-19 was launched to provide comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs.50 Lakh to 22.12 lakh health care providers and the same has been extended to ASHA as well as Anganwadi Workers who may have been in direct contact and care of COVID-19 patients and may be at risk of being impacted by this subject to fulfillment of the certain conditions.
Public Health and Hospitals being a State Subject, all the administrative and personnel matters of health human resource lie with the respective State Government/UT Administration.Under National Health Mission  support is provided to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems including support for remuneration of health human resources including incentives for ASHA workers, based on the requirements posed by the States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans  subject to availability of resources. Under National Health Mission, ASHAs are envisaged to be community health volunteer and are entitled to task/activity based incentives.
In FY 2018-19 the Union Cabinet approved the revised amount of routine recurrent incentive for ASHAs from Rs.1000/month to Rs.2000/month. States /UTs have been requested to continue full payment of the existing routine & recurring incentive of Rs. 2000/- per month to ASHA during COVID-19 to ensure delivery of healthcare services during the pandemic. Additionally, performance-based incentives is provided for a varied set of activities under various National Health Programmes. After the launch of the Ayushman Bharat Scheme with operationalisation of Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness Centres , ASHAs are now additionally eligible for Team Based Incentives  along with ANMs based on monitored performance indicators .
With effect from 01.10.2018, Government of India has enhanced the honorarium of AWWs at main AWCs from ₹ 3,000/- to ₹ 4,500/- per month; AWWs at mini-AWCs from ₹ 2,250/- to ₹ 3,500/- per month; AWHs from ₹ 1,500/- to ₹ 2,250/- per month; and introduced performance linked incentive of ₹ 250/- per month to AWHs effective from 1st October, 2018. Further, Performance linked incentive of Rs.500/- to AWWs has also been approved w.e.f. 1st April, 2021 under POSHAN Abhiyaan.
States/UTs have been asked to ensure provision of safety tools like masks, gloves, soaps and sanitizers etc. for ASHAs as well as Anganwadi Workers.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 212.52 Cr
Over 4.03 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 62,748
7,946 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.67%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 2.57%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 212.52 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 4.03 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,14,101
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2nd Dose
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1,01,06,627
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Precaution Dose
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67,60,236
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,34,615
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2nd Dose
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1,76,98,873
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Precaution Dose
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1,31,57,838
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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4,03,43,557
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2nd Dose
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3,02,37,960
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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6,16,86,394
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2nd Dose
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5,23,49,213
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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56,06,05,033
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2nd Dose
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51,31,51,897
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Precaution Dose
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6,33,60,965
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,39,07,321
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2nd Dose
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19,63,30,566
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Precaution Dose
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3,54,25,734
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,75,82,332
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2nd Dose
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12,27,17,894
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Precaution Dose
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4,10,12,103
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Precaution Dose
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15,97,16,876
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Total
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2,12,52,83,259
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 62,748. Active cases now constitute 0.14% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.67%. 9,828 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,38,45,680.
7,946 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 2,66,477 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 88.61 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 2.57% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 2.98%.
PIB Headquarters
Passport Mela in Thrissur, Aluva and Cochin
Passport Seva Kendras , in Aluva, Cochin and Thrissur will remain open on 25 th January, 2020 on account of passport mela. Normal applications with prior online appointments will be accepted. Appointments are now available online and can be booked through passportindia.gov.in or mPassport Seva App. For more information, contact 94477 31152
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
ACCREDITATION OF NDTL
National Dope Testing Laboratory  has complied with the International Standards for Laboratories  and WADA requirements and has submitted the compliance report to WADA on 29th August, 2020, requesting for revoking suspension of NDTL at the earliest. The Government and NDTL have been in continuous communication with WADA in this regard. Meanwhile, India is sending dope samples to other WADA accredited laboratory.
This information was given by Union Minister of State  for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Ministry of Women and Child Development invites nominations for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2021
Ministry of Women and Child Development has invited nominations for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2021from children, individuals and institutions. The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskarwas instituted to felicitate meritorious children, individuals and institutions of the country. These awards are given under two categories - Bal Shakti Puraskar and Bal Kalyan Puraskar.
The Awards are given by the Hon'ble President of India in Darbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhavan in the week preceding Republic Day every year. Hon'ble Prime Minister of India also felicitates the Awardees. The Awardees of Bal Shakti Puraskar also take part in Republic Day Parade on the 26th of January on Rajpath, New Delhi.
While the Bal Shakti Puraskar aims to give recognition to children who have achieved extraordinarily in various fields including innovation, scholastic, sports, art & culture, social service and bravery, the Bal Kalyan Puraskar is given as recognition to Individuals and Institutions, who have made an outstanding contribution towards service for children in the field of child development, child protection and child welfare.
The detailed guidelines of the same may be seen on the exclusive Portal/website for Awards www.nca-wcd.nic.in. Only online application forms submitted by applicants will be entertained. Forms submitted through any other mode will not be considered for the Awards.In case of any difficulty in accessing the portal, the same may be brought to the notice of the Ministry. This year the last date for receipt of application forms has been extended to 15.09.2020.
The Ministry of Women & Child Development has clarified that some awards conferred in the name of ICCW National Bravery Awards by a private organization are not recognized by the Ministry and it is not in any way associated with them.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Doordarshan’s coverage of Republic Day a Global Hit
That Doordarshan’s broadcast has no parallel when it comes to 360 degree coverage of gigantic events of national importance has been well established multiple times in the past. But DD has outdone itself this time through unprecedented coverage of Republic Day 2022, with never seen images of fly-past by Indian AIR Force in its full glory and much more.
In a sign of changing viewership pattern, Republic Day coverage on YouTube network of DD garnered more views than its TV network, at 2.6 Crore and 2.3 Crore respectively. These figures together indicate the scale of reach of Doordarshan network. This was further exponentially amplified to a total of more than 3.2 Billion Television Viewing Minutes by more than 180 channels across the country which aired these Doordarshan visuals from 9:30 AM in the morning till noon.
Through this historical Republic Day coverage, Doordarshan has also made inroads into global audiences, by registering manifold increase in its global viewership together in more than 140 countries, including US, Canada, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and UAE.
Coverage on Doordarshan was widely appreciated by people from all walks of life in India and abroad.
Some of the Republic Day videos are still trending with multi-million views.
Visual of Marching Contingent - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwmeHNAIouA
Fly-past at Republic Day Parade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EOYAUykcKk
President Kovind and PM Modi bid farewell to Virat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-qoGg08j9E
Tableaux of the States - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq5RIoOLryY
Prasar Bharati’s Selfie campaign on Twitter became a hit as many proud Indians across age groups posted their selfies while watching Republic day on Doordarshan.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh approves extension of benefits of Child Care Leave to single male service personnel
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has approved extension of benefits of Child Care Leave  to single male service personnel and certain relaxations of CCL provisions in case of woman officers of defence forces, in line with a recent DoPT order extending similar benefits of CCL to civilian employees.
Presently, CCL is being granted to woman officers in defence forces. Recently, DoPT has made certain amendments for grant of CCL to civilian employees, whereby the CCL granted to woman employees till now has been extended to single male government servants also. The age limit of 22 years prescribed earlier in the case of a child with 40 percent disability has been removed for the purpose of availing CCL. Further, the minimum period of CCL that can be availed at a time has been reduced to 05 days instead of 15 days.
Now the proposal of Ministry of Defence extending similar benefits to Defence personnel has been approved by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh. With this, single male service personnel will be able to avail the benefit of CCL. Single male service personnel and woman officers of defence forces will also be able to avail CCL in respect of child with 40 percent disability without any restriction of age limit of the child. Further, the minimum period of CCL that can be availed in each spell has been reduced to 05 days from the earlier limit of 15 days.
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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Technology and Equipment for Sanitation
Though much progress has been made in improving the sanitation facilities under the Swachh Bharat Mission, more investments are required to be made for inducting better technologies and equipment for making hazardous cleaning operations safer.
Although this is a State Government subject, under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban  Government supplements the efforts of the State Governments by providing Central Assistance  covering the scientific management of solid wastes, decentralised composting by Bulk Waste Generators in Urban Local Bodies , setting-up of centralised composting plants, scientific land filling and land remediation, management of plastic waste and the Construction and Demolition  waste in an integrated manner.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  had launched a ‘Technology Challenge for identifying and promoting solutions for cleaning and maintenance of sewerage systems and septic tanks to eliminate need for human entry’.
Under the Swacchata Udyami Yojana , this Ministry assists the sanitation workers to own mechanical cleaning equipment.
Under Central Sector Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers , the manual scavengers, sanitation workers and their dependants are provided capital subsidy upto Rs. 5.00 lakh for procurement of instruments/vehicles for mechanized cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.
M/o HUA have also launched Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge across 246 cities  to motivate ULBs for prevention of ‘hazardous cleaning’ of sewer and septic tanks and promote mechanized cleaning.
This information was given by The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Ramdas Athawale in the Loksabha in a written reply today.
Special Service and Features
BIS ORGANIZED A SENSITIZATION CUM AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR DISTRICT OFFICIALS OF RANIPET AT RANIPET COLLECTORATE, TODAY
Bureau of Indian Standards is a statutory body functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. It operates various schemes like Product Certification , Management Systems Certification, Hall Marking of Gold and Silver Jewellery/Artefacts and Laboratory Services for the benefit of the industry and in turn aiming at consumer protection.
Bureau of Indian Standards, Chennai Branch Office organized a sensitization cum awareness programme for District officials of Ranipet Collectorate on 20 June 2023, Today at 10:00 Hrs at Ranipet District Collectorate.
Smt. S. VALARMATHI I.A.S., District Collector, Ranipet inaugurated the programme and delivered the Special Address.
On behalf of BIS, Smt. G.BHAVANI, Scientist-E/ Director & Head, Chennai Branch Office, Bureau of Indian Standards, Chennai explained the Programme Objectives and the activities of BIS. She also explained the gathering about the latest initiatives of BIS including e-BIS & BIS Care App.
Shri. DHINESH RAJAGOPALAN, Scientist-C/ Deputy Director, BIS handled the technical presentations.
85 No of Government Officials of Ranipet District participated in the Programme.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
SVAMITVA Scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj wins the National Award for e-Governance 2023  for Application of Emerging Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services
SVAMITVA  Scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been conferred with the prestigious National Award for e-Governance 2023  for Application of Emerging Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services at the 26th National Conference on e-Governance  organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances , Government of India on 25th August 2023 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
The representatives of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Survey of India and NIC-GIS received the National e-Governance Gold Award conferred to SVAMITVA Scheme in the category of Application of Emerging Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services from Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State  of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State  of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space on 25th August, 2023 during the two-day National Conference on e-Governance .
The two-day National Conference on e-Governance  was organised on the theme ‘Viksit Bharat, Empowering Citizens’ jointly by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances , Government of India and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology , Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Madhya Pradesh on 25th and 25th August, 2023 at Brilliant Convention Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh participated in the 26th National Conference on e-Governance  along with other dignitaries and senior officers from Government of India and State Governments. The National e-Governance Awards were presented under 5 categories viz. Government process re-engineering for digital transformation, application of emerging technology for providing citizen-centric services, district-level initiative for e-Governance, research on citizen-centric services by academic and research institutions, and application of emerging technology in e-Governance by start-ups. The 26th NCeG provided an appropriate platform for effective and meaningful brainstorming on the latest technologies for promoting e-Governance and for sharing knowledge and insights on the theme identified for the National e-Governance Conference.
SVAMITVA Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj provides ownership to property owners in village-inhabited area by using latest drone and GIS technology. The Property Cards facilitate monetization of rural residential assets for bank loan and other financial benefits and help in the settlement of land-related disputes through the preparation of 5cm accuracy maps. The Scheme is implemented with the collaborative efforts of Survey of India being the technology implementation partner, State Revenue and Panchayati Raj Departments, and NIC–GIS.
Ministry of Defence
UP Defence Industry Corridor takes off
Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor took off to a great start with an announcement of investment over Rs. 3700 crore in defence production at Industry Meet organized at Aligarh, today. The event was graced by Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath, Rajya Raksha Mantri, Dr. Subhash Bhamre, Minister of Industrial Development UP, Shri Satish Mahana, Member of Parliament Shri Satish Kumar Gautam and several other Ministers and MLAs.
Investments in UP Defence Industrial Corridor made are as follows:
HAL -Rs. 1200 crore, OFB - Rs. 1077 crore, MKU - Rs. 900 crore, BEL- Rs. 240 crore,Bharat Forge - Rs. 200 crore and PTC - Rs. 115 crore. The total amount of investment announced was of the order of Rs. 3732 crore. Boeing India announced setting up of a skill centre in cooperation with HAL.
The Chief Minister thanked the Central Government for presenting the State with the Defence Corridor and assured that the State Government will take all necessary steps to make the project successful. He mentioned that Government of UP has come out with a Defence and Aerospace manufacturing Policy and a business friendly portal with very attractive destination for defence production. Smt Nirmala Sitharaman invited the defence industry to participate in exports in addition to supplying to the Indian Defence Forces. She extended full support of the Central Government in setting up of the defence corridor in UP.
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Fake reviews on E-Commerce platforms under Centre’s radar
Department of Consumer Affairs to hold meeting with E-Commerce entities and stakeholders to discuss magnitude of fake reviews and prepare a roadmap ahead
To gauge the magnitude of fake reviews on E-Commerce platforms which mislead consumers into buying online services or products and to prepare a roadmap ahead, the Department of Consumer Affairs  in association with the Advertising Standards Council of India  will be holding a virtual meeting on Friday, 27th May, 2022 along with various stakeholders.
The discussions will be broadly based on the impact of fake and misleading reviews on consumers and possible measures to prevent such anomaly. In this regard, Secretary DoCA, Shri Rohit Kumar Singh has written to all stakeholders: E-Commerce entities like Flipkart, Amazon, Tata Sons, Reliance Retail and others besides, Consumer Forums, Law Universities, Lawyers, FICCI, CII, Consumer Rights Activists etc. to participate in the meeting.
Along with the letter, Shri Singh has also shared a Press Release of European Commission dated January 20th, 2022 highlighting results of an EU-wide screening on online consumer reviews across 223 major websites. The screening results underlines that at least 55% of the websites violate the unfair commercial Practices Directive of the E.U. which requires truthful information to be presented to consumers to make an informed choice. Further, in 144 out of the 223 websites checked, the authorities could not confirm that traders were doing enough to ensure that reviews were authentic, i.e., if they were posted by consumers who had actually used the product or service that was reviewed.
The letter states that ‘It is relevant to mention that with growing internet and smartphone use, consumers are increasingly shopping online to purchase goods and services. Given that e-commerce involves a virtual shopping experience without any opportunity to physically view or examine the product, consumers heavily rely on reviews posted on e-commerce platforms to see the opinion and experience of user who have already purchased the goods or service. As a result, due to fake and misleading reviews, the right to be informed, which is a consumer right under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 is violated.’
‘Since the issue impacts people shopping online on a daily basis and has a significant impact on their rights as a consumer, it is important that it is examined with greater scrutiny and detail,’ the letter states.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Support to Pharma Technology Institutes
Department of Pharmaceuticals has set up seven National Institutes of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research  at Mohali , Ahmedabad , Hajipur , Hyderabad , Guwahati , Kolkata  and Raebareli to nurture and promote quality and excellence in pharmaceutical education and research in India. These are institute of national importance, which besides imparting master’s and doctorate education, conduct high end research in various specializations in the field of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
An amount of about Rs. 937 cr. has been released to these NIPERs during last five years. Since inception, about 7,347 Masters and 467 PhD fellows have passed out from these institutions, 5,277 research papers published in various reputed journals, 301 patents filed and 161 MOUs signed with industry and other academic institutions.
Parliament has recently passed NIPER  Bill, 2021 which aim to improve administrative functioning of these institutes and enhance the number and scope of courses being offered by them.
Further, the Government has recently launched Production Linked Investment  Scheme for enhancing domestic production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients / Key Starting Materials / Drug Intermediaries . NIPERs have been associated with the scheme for providing technical assistance, testing facilities, etc.
The information was given by the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Dr.MansukhMandaviya in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.